骳

骳 U+9AB3, 骳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AB3 ← 骲 [U+9AB2] CJK Unified Ideographs 骴 → [U+9AB4]

Translingual

Han character

骳 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月月木竹水 (BBDHE), four-corner 7424₇, composition ⿰骨皮)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1448, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45146
• Dae Jaweon: page 1974, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4410, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9AB3

Chinese

trad.		骳
simp. #		骳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (皮) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
陂	*pral, *prals
詖	*pral, *prals
彼	*pralʔ
柀	*pralʔ
佊	*pralʔ, *prals
貱	*prals
跛	*prals, *paːlʔ
披	*pʰral, *pʰralʔ
鈹	*pʰral
帔	*pʰral, *pʰrals
鮍	*pʰral
耚	*pʰral
狓	*pʰral
翍	*pʰral
旇	*pʰral, *brals
秛	*pʰral, *pʰrals
紴	*pʰralʔ, *paːl
皮	*bral
疲	*bral
被	*bralʔ, *brals
髲	*brals
鞁	*brals
骳	*mbralʔ
波	*paːl
碆	*paːl, *baːl
菠	*paːl
簸	*paːlʔ, *paːls
駊	*paːlʔ, *pʰaːlʔ
頗	*pʰaːl, *pʰaːlʔ, *pʰaːls
坡	*pʰaːl
玻	*pʰaːl
破	*pʰaːls
婆	*baːl
蔢	*baːl

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèi, bì (bei⁴, bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ, ㄅㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèi
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴
    • Yale: bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bey
    • Palladius: бэй (bɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjeX

Rime
Character	骳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	文彼切
Baxter	mjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/miɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/mjeX/
Wang Li	/mǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/mie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mbralʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	骳
Reading #	1/1
No.	9718
Phonetic component	皮
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	靡
Old Chinese	/*mbralʔ/
Notes	見漢書

Definitions

骳

1. Only used in 骫骳 (wěibèi, “twisted; bent”); also used as its short form.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pí (pi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²
    • Yale: pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi
    • Palladius: пи (pi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵/

Definitions

骳

1. ^‡ Only used in 骫骳 (wánpí), alternative form of 頑皮／顽皮 (wánpí, “naughty; mischievous”)